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Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 18, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 18, 1998 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 18, 1998 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 18, 1998 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | LaTroy Hawkins |
Home Starting Pitcher | Brian Moehler |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 13,661 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 11 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Drew Coble 1B: Dale Ford 2B: Ted Hendry 3B: Larry Young |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chris Latham | Center Fielder |
Denny Hocking | Left Fielder |
Paul Molitor | DH |
Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
Ron Coomer | Third Baseman |
Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
Pat Meares | Shortstop |
Doug Mientkiewicz | First Baseman |
Javier Valentin | Catcher |
Tom Kelly | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
Bobby Higginson | Left Fielder |
Juan Encarnacion | Right Fielder |
Tony Clark | First Baseman |
Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
Luis Gonzalez | DH |
Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
Joe Siddall | Catcher |
Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
Larry Parrish | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 18, 1998
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Moehler
Latham strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Moehler
Hocking hits a popup towards third. Randa settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Moehler
Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Hawkins
Hunter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Hawkins
There goes Hunter. The throw from Valentin and he is safe. Hunter steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Higginson vs. Hawkins
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Encarnacion vs. Hawkins
Encarnacion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunter scores. Higginson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Hawkins
Clark hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Higginson scores. Encarnacion moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Easley vs. Hawkins
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Encarnacion moves to third. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Gonzalez vs. Hawkins
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Hocking settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Encarnacion tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Hawkins
Randa hits a popup into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Moehler
Lawton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Coomer vs. Moehler
Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Moehler
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Siddall vs. Hawkins
Siddall strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Hawkins
Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Hawkins
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Moehler
Meares hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Moehler
Mientkiewicz hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Moehler
Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hawkins
Higginson hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Hawkins
Encarnacion strikes out. Valentin drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Encarnacion out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Hawkins
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Moehler
Latham strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Moehler
Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Moehler
Molitor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunter. Molitor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lawton vs. Moehler
Lawton hits a line drive into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Hawkins
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Hawkins
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Hawkins
Randa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Siddall vs. Hawkins
Siddall strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Moehler
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Moehler
Walker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Moehler
Meares hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Mientkiewicz vs. Moehler
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley misplays the ball. That's an error on Easley. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Valentin vs. Moehler
Valentin hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Hawkins
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Hawkins
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hawkins
Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Moehler
Latham hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Moehler
Hocking bunts towards the mound. Moehler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Moehler
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Hawkins
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Hawkins
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Hawkins
Easley hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Valentin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Moehler
Lawton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Moehler
Coomer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Moehler
Walker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Coomer moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meares vs. Moehler
Meares hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Moehler
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moehler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Moehler
Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moehler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Moehler
Latham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Hawkins
Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Hawkins
Randa hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mientkiewicz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Siddall vs. Hawkins
Siddall hits a fly ball into left field. Hocking settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Bochtler
Doug Bochtler now pitching.
Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Bochtler
Molitor bunts towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Runyan
Sean Runyan now pitching.
Lawton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Coomer vs. Runyan
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Hawkins
Frank Catalanotto pinch hits for Deivi Cruz.
Catalanotto hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Hawkins
Hunter hits a line drive into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hawkins
Higginson hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Jones
Todd Jones now pitching. Damion Easley now playing shortstop. Frank Catalanotto now playing second base.
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Jones
Meares hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Catalanotto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Jones
Mientkiewicz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Valentin vs. Jones
Valentin hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Aguilera
Rick Aguilera now pitching. Denny Hocking now playing second base. Alex Ochoa now playing left field.
Encarnacion hits a popup towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Aguilera
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Aguilera
Easley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Aguilera
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Aguilera
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aguilera fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Jones
Latham strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Jones
Hocking hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Jones
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Catalanotto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Guardado
Eddie Guardado now pitching. Geronimo Berroa pinch hits for Joe Siddall.
Berroa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hocking settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Guardado
Catalanotto hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Guardado
Hunter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Guardado
Higginson hits a line drive beyond first. Mientkiewicz can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hunter moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Encarnacion vs. Trombley
Mike Trombley now pitching.
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hocking scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 11
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Brunson
Will Brunson now pitching. Paul Bako now catching.
Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Anderson
Matt Anderson now pitching.
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Catalanotto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Anderson
David Ortiz pinch hits for Alex Ochoa.
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Trombley
Denny Hocking now playing left field. Brent Gates now playing second base.
Clark hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/18/1998 -- Minnesota at Detroit (N) Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Latham C, cf 5 0 0 0 Hunter B, cf 5 1 2 0 Hocking D, lf-2b-lf 5 0 0 0 Higginson B, lf 4 1 1 0 Molitor P, dh 5 0 1 0 Encarnacion J, rf 5 1 1 1 Lawton M, rf 3 1 1 1 Clark T, 1b 5 1 2 2 Coomer R, 3b 5 1 1 0 Easley D, 2b-ss 4 1 1 1 Walker T, 2b 3 1 1 0 Gonzalez L, dh 3 0 1 1 Ochoa A, lf 0 0 0 0 Randa J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Ortiz D, ph 1 0 0 0 Siddall J, c 3 0 0 0 Gates B, 2b 0 0 0 0 Berroa G, ph 1 0 0 0 Meares P, ss 4 1 1 3 Bako P, c 0 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Cruz D, ss 2 0 1 0 Valentin J, c 4 0 0 0 Catalanotto F, ph-2b 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 4 5 4 38 5 10 5 Minnesota 000 000 400 00 -- 4 Detroit 300 000 001 01 -- 5 0 outs when winning run was scored. Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Hawkins L 8.0 5 3 3 1 6 Aguilera R 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 Guardado E 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 Trombley M (L) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Moehler B 7.0 5 4 4 2 2 Bochtler D 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Runyan S 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 Jones T 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 Brunson W 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Anderson M (W) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Easley D DP -- Minnesota 1, Detroit 1 LOB -- Minnesota 5, Detroit 5 2B -- Molitor P, Gonzalez L HR -- Lawton M, Meares P, Easley D, Clark T SB -- Hunter B SF -- Gonzalez L T -- 3:11 A -- 13661
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